Abstract
X-linked Lymphoproliferative Syndromes (XLP), arising from mutations in SH2D1A or XIAP genes, are characterized by fulminant Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Lymphomas occur frequently in XLP-1 and in other congenital conditions with heightened EBV susceptibility, but not in XLP-2. Why XLP-2 patients are apparently protected from EBV-driven lymphomagenesis remains a key open question. To gain insights, newly EBV-infected versus receptor-stimulated primary B cells from XLP-2 patients or with XIAP CRISPR editing were compared with healthy controls. XIAP perturbation impeded outgrowth of newly EBV-infected B cells, but not of CD40 ligand and interleukin-21–stimulated B cells. XLP-2–deficient B cells showed significantly lower EBV transformation efficiency than cells from healthy controls. Interestingly, EBV-immortalized lymphoblastoid cell proliferation was not impaired by XIAP knockout, implicating a XIAP role in early EBV B cell transformation. Mechanistically, nascent EBV infection activated p53-mediated apoptosis signaling, which was counteracted by XIAP in control cells. With XIAP deficiency, EBV markedly elevated apoptosis rates over the first 2 weeks of infection. IFN-γ, whose levels are increased with severe XLP2 EBV infection, markedly increased newly EBV-infected B cell apoptosis. These findings underscored XIAP’s crucial role in support of the earliest stages of EBV-mediated B cell immortalization and provide insights into the curious absence of EBV+ lymphoma in patients with XLP-2.
Authors
Yizhe Sun, Janet Chou, Kevin D. Dong, Steven P. Gygi, Benjamin E. Gewurz
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